Speeches by N. H. Cole Simons

14 Dec 2018 House of Assembly

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We had fun together . I will share with you, we did a number of boys’ trips toget her, Mr. Speaker.

14 Dec 2018 House of Assembly

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And I would say I had him and my father, the three of us, we went on a men’s trip to Africa.

14 Dec 2018 House of Assembly

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Yes. What stays in the trip remains in the trip, yes. But we went to an African safari park, Mr. Speaker, and he talked about that for the rest of his life. It was a pleasure to have him as my father -in-law and a leader of t his country and a leader of our family. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. …

7 Dec 2018 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to associate myself with the comments made in regard to Ms. Tammy Barclay, as well as the Commissioner of Education on the loss of her beloved husband. Mr. Speaker, I would like to also send congratulations to Dr. Carika Weldon. She recently was appointed as a researcher of Oxford University G …

7 Dec 2018 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker , I, like my colleague the Shadow Minister of Finance, have no objection to the legisl ation. I just have a question in regard to it being applicable to private equity placements. If I wish to establish a private equity placement, I can see what we are doing today would apply there, because …

7 Dec 2018 House of Assembly

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Just a question, Mr. Chai rman. For these exempted funds, can the Minister confirm the minimum size the legislation will entertain? Because it makes no sense putting through a private exempt fund—

7 Dec 2018 House of Assembly

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I have asked the question already.

7 Dec 2018 House of Assembly

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Exactly. What is the minimum size that we are prepared to entertain for exempted funds?

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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Good gracious. [Laughter and inaudible interjections ]

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, thank you.

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, in 2016, when the then- Finance Minister Richards did the refinancing of his $660 million for 10 years, he did so with a r esulting coupon rate of 3.717 per cent. The Minister of Finance has just indicated that he has renewed the most recent one at 4.75 per cent. Can he speak to the 1.05 per cent …

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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Supplementary.

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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Yes, I did get it. Mr. Speaker, he also indicated that the interest—

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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Sorry. The Minister of F inance also indicated that the interest expense savings would result in a savings of $1 million per year. When the OBA Minister did the same negotiations, that r esulted in a savings of $3.8 mil lion a year, which is almost $2 million more than currently being saved by the current Minister’s new contracts. Can …

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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My second question, Mr. Speaker, is, How much did the Government pay the bookrunners —i.e., Citigroup Global Markets and HSBC —for their service in this offering?

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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Supplementary.

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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Was there an allocation to the Bermuda market? I heard you say you have been to the US, Europe and the UK. Did we try to offload some of that to the Bermuda markets?

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 134 23 November 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Access to financing for education. I am supportive of what is going on. I just have a question in regard to mature students. Will mature students be eligible for educational support and finances?

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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New question.

23 Nov 2018 House of Assembly

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There is a requirement for students to have a 2.0 grade point average or higher. For those mature students who have been out of school for 5 to 10 year s, how do you manage their applications? They may not have been in secondary school or in a college for 10 years or 15 years. How do we assess them …